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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.

~ of the stockholders of the st. Paul Gas
light company will be held at the Office of the
company, Globe building, Monday, the 10th
day of June, 1887, ut 3 O'clock D. m, for the
purpose of electing directors for the ensuing
year, and to transact such other business as
may come before them. June L, 1887. Ed
ward /. Frost, secretary
HOUSE OF HOPE PRESBYTERIAN
IL church, corner West Fifth and Ex-
change sts., Rev. Robert, Christie, ID. d..
pastor. Services Sunday at 10: 80 a. m. and
8 2. m. Sunday school at 1915 D. m.
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor meets in the parlors at z D. m.
Strangers are welcome TO all services.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

nNE REMINGTON BREECH-LOADING
" shotgun, II bore, rebounding locks, pis-
tol grip and top action, as good as new,
for $50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

DLEDGE NO. 8, p 2S-LADY'S HUNT
L ing case, solid gold watch, stem winder
and setter, full jeweled "a plate, Elgin move
handsomely engraved cases, has been used
about six months, n sign of wear; first cost
Sl5, sell for S25.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

DLEDGE NO. 93S-DIAMOND STUD
Z one stone weighing over one carat, al
snostzwhite. very perfect and brilliant: neat
skeleton mounting; worth S120 price STS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

DLEDGE NO. 19, F. 25-LADIEs' HUNTING
i filled case watch, stem winder and setter,
three-quarter plate, full jeweled, Elgin move
ment, cut expansion balance and patent
used short time and looks as good as new
first cost S45 price S25
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04
Notice to odd Fellows.

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST.. PAUL I
sNILWAY, GENERAL PASSENGER DE-
PARTMENT, MILWAUKEE, Wis,
June /, 1887.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

pLEDGE NO. 2, P. 23-GENT'S HUNT
L ing case solid gold watch, stem winder
and setter, Elgin full jeweled movement ex-
pansion and safely pinion, neatly engraved
cases; in complete order and good time
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

DLEDGE 20. IO54-GENT'S DIAMOND
scarf pin, white and perfect stones,
all very brilliant and finely cut; mounted in
for $50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

Founders, Machinists, .Blacksmiths and
Pattern Makers. Send for cuts of col
umns. Works on st. p, NJ. q NJ. z. R..
near Como avenue. Office us E. Fourth
street, st. Paul. c. NJ. POWER, Secre-
tary and Treasurer. - l5>.s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

tory, does st. Paul owe its commercial
prominence and prosperity, for by his
grasp, enterprise, courage and nm
firing industry, in the pioneer DAYS.
before the railroad era, he laid the founda.
ton, through his transportation lines for the
great city that now laments his loss. Nor
was his steamboat enterprises the sole
objectof his work end ambitions. He early
became q considerable owner of real estate.
constantly adding to his holdings. untii
now his estate in this branch is estimated
at $3,O00,00O, Including the Grand Opera
House, Union block, Davidson block. and
other prominent and valuable business
property, together with residence property
and unimproved lots and tracts.
In his pers nal life he was one of the most,
n~nassuming and genial Of men, always ap
preachaole, but always busy. He was an
indefatigable worker, and found no time for.
real rest or recreation, but early and late.
was devoted to his extensive, engressing
and mighty strain is due the fact of his early
death, the sudden Inc almost ~unnoticed
.sundering Of his forces. He was generous
to a fault and pubIic-spirited
in ways and that will long
remembered and sadly missed. At an early
age he became a member of the Baptist
church and was ever a promoter of morality
and the good of society, with a religious
faith that was a part Of his nature. His.
immediate family, now bereaved arc his
wife, a on, aged25, and a daughter aged
him by death. The City and the State may
well lament the loss Of such a man, one who
had the opportunity, the ability and the in
to stand and labor for the perma-
nent progress and prosperity Of all his fel
low men,. :. 3=.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
NEWS.

Fergus Falls dispatch May ~. A
brutal murder occurred this morning In the
town Of St. Olaf near Ashby. Lille Field, a
young lady seventeen years old, was found
in a hog pen with her throat cut and an in
cision running lengthwise of her body dis
~emboweling her. 1t is supposed she was
murdered by q Scandinavian hired man, as
she was left alone with him and her little
brother early IA the morning. rIiYhsm mar Is
gun. The body was found in the pen COW
cred with brush, in the hope, 1t is surmised
that.the pigs would devou. it. a posse of
men are securing the country for the MUIR
derer, but as yet nothing has been heard
from them. The mans name is Nels Olson
Hulong, and he is described as thirty years
old weight 1870 pounds, five feet five inches in
height, slightly built, smooth race, light
brown hair, straw hat and dark clothes.
His parents live near DEBORAH, Iowa.
The Bay City Dynamite Works, at
Spirit Lake, s miles west Of Duluth, Mimi
exploded abouttnoon, on the 18th. There
weresstored5 in the building 300 pounds Of
Nitro-glycerine in tin cases and the shock
was terrific and was felt for miles away,
The site. OF the 2Ox48 building was left a
hole in. the ground 100 feet long, 40 feet
wide and 10 fo4O feet deep, 20 iron tanks
were twisted into all shapes and parts of
the engine were found half mile away.
All the treesin the vicinity were moved
down and the dozen houses within a radius
Of 1000 feet to half q mile were shattered.
At Duluth, window glass and 'crockery in
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
COM. DAVIDSON DIES.

Commodore William F. Davidson Of st
Paul, died at his residence in that city
Thursday evening, May 26. Tuesday night
he suffered a stroke of paralysis of his left
side and lapsed into an unconscious state
from which he rallied after q few hours
and retained his faculties until the last
moment, conversing with his family
and taking his farewells of those most near
and dear to him He was fully aware Of
his condition n in reply to q question If
he was afraid to die responded with his
characteristic mental force, mo, not at all.
Why should I be afraid to die" During
Wednesday and Thursday he suffered much
pain, but was composed and ready for the
end, speaking i~ntelligibly ten minutes be-
fore his eyes we're closed for his last, his
long repose ~ aha s.
Commodore Davidson was born February
4, 1925, in Lawrence County. Ohio, his faith
or being employed on the Ohio Canal, also
giving q portion of his time to duties as q
local Baptist preacher. The boy had scant
opportunities for education, but took to his
fathers a%vocation, and by the time he was
twenty years of age was the owner Of two
boats that ran on the Ohio and Big Sandy
Mississippi, In 1854 he arrived at st.
St. Paul with his steamer, the
| Frank Steele,$ and from that time his life
work was Unidentified with that city and the
Northwest. He first opened . packet line
on the Minnesota river and later on the
Mississippi river and oon had fifteen boats
of his own running down the river TO
Dubuque and then to st. Louis ana rom
1854 to this time his history and the MIS-
sissippi river traffic are Identical, through
the La Crosse u Minnesota Packet Com.
pany and laterfthe st. Louis y st. faui
Packet Company, he being at the 9 of
each organization.
| of Judge BENJAMIN johnson Of Southern
Ohio, and made his home at st. Paul, where
he has since resided, with on interval Of
about ten years which he spent in st. Louis
experimenting his large steamboat enter
prises. TO Commodore Davidson more
than to.Gny other man kneWnv 70 It's his
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
His Neighbor.

A gentleman who had recently
united with the Methodist Church was
invited to play in a brass band. De-
termined on doing nothing to bring dis
credit on his brethren, he called upon
his pastor and asked:
''Brother Higgs, can a man be q
Christian and play in a brass band?'
IA brass banG?"
eyes, Brother Higgs."
"Cornet or trombone?"
EITHER"
, mice fellows in the band:?''
eyes, frst-rate."
1.-The danger then, Brother Jones, is
not Sc much of your falling from grace
as for the fellow who passes through the
frery temptation of hearing you prac-
tice!"--[Youth's Companion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

WILLIAM B. PAGE, who has broken
the American running high-jump rec
ord by clearing 6 feet l inch, will be
graduated from college in June. He
will then sail for Europe to try for the
amateur championship of England. 1t
is probable that he will eventually
break the world record of 6 feet q
inches. Mr.. Page is only 5 feet 81
inches in height and his jumping ability
is an athletic marvel.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

the st. Johnshurys&& Lake Champlain rain
OF EM~orrisvills, Vt.,is Friday evening. The
fireman was killed and the conductor and
engineer were badly injured. The engine
and i've cars are in the wash-out.
Frankfort and Amsterdam, holders
Of Kansas Pacific bonds have begun suit
against Jay Gould and Russell Sage FOR
S5,OOO,OO0, based upon information that
came You inthe recent Union Pacific inves-
LEGATION. A bitter legal fight is expected.
The Steamers Brittanic and Celtic
collided at sea on the 10th, the former being
disabled and obliged to put biack. to New
York. from which she had just sailed. r.
IS. Groat Of st. Paul, Mimi, was q passen-
ger on the Brittanic.
Three Pan Handle freight robbers
have been sentenced; one to three wears,
one to 80 months and one to 20 months in
the penitentiary, by the court at Pittsburg,
The general executive board of the
knights of Labor has decided to personally
Investigate the strike in the Pennsylvania
coke regions. ~. -. -
The Union club of New York, has re-
fused to admit W. j. Florence, having de-
clded not to admit actors to membership.
John Cosgrove, Joseph Zolofski and
James Sheehar were fatally injured bv a
gas explosion in a mine at Nanticoke, Pa.
Forest fires are reported from Clar-
ion, Pa, which have done vast damage.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

A CONGRESSIONAL committee finds
that the Indians on the Usage reserva-
ton are the wealthiest people in the
world, ~percapita' Their trust fund
and land give every man, woman and
child a fortune of $4,000. They hire
cheap white labor to work their farms
and live luxuriously and in idlehess.
They refuse to associate with the
poverty stricken Indians of other reser-
vations-They follow Pope's advice to
"Loathe the poor Indian"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

JAMES HARLAN, of the United States
Supreme Court, has three able and am
e::cus sons. One who was gradual
ted at Princeton four years ago is now a
Presbyterian minister in New York and
receives a salary of $4,000 a year. An
other son is a lawyer in Chicago, with
a rapidly increasing practice. "A third
will be graduated from. the Columbia
Law School next month. = / ) =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

JOHN G. BRECKNRIDGE in bronze is
to ornament a public park in Louis
vile. The work is being done by VAL
entine, the Richmond sculptor, and
represents Mr.. Beckinridge in the act
OF making a speech. The bearing is
erect and imposing, the head is boldly
and strongly modelled, and the face is
full of expression.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
III OLD

The Opera Comique theater at Paris,
France, took fredpn the 25th, while the play
Mignon was on the stage and was totally
consumed: There was a large audience
and in escaping from the burning building
10 were killed and sixty or more injured.
Dispatches received at Vienna from
Odessa state that the car returned to st.
Petersburg from the Don Cossacks country
three days earlier than he had intended to.
This was due to'an attempt made by a stu
lent to kill him on Wednesday night during
the festivities at Nor Teherkask, by firing at
him as he rode by in a carriage.
At Dublin, Ireland, on the 21st, the
court of appeals rendered a decision in the
case Of Father Kell r, a priest of Yanghall,
imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail for refusing
to testify regarding his connection with the
plan of campaign. The courts appeals
holds the warrant for Father Kellar's arrest
illegal and reverses the decision of the court
Of Queens bench.
Tho fire in tho Opera Comique
| theater at Paris, now shows that fully 800
lives were lost. Several feet of water stood
| in the theater after the fire and the dead
| bodies have been found as this was got
away. ,." .. 3s''-' = ~-.t' s
John Campbell, M. P. for Digby, N.
3. died of heart disease on the cars between
| Toronto and Ottawa Thursday. .
Reportsfrom the Argentine Repub.
lie state that the people are dying off like
sheep from the cholera.
Freycinet, also has informed Pres
! ident Grevy that he is unable to form 9
cabinet. s@'' " J. .,"&,- .". 3 - -.
Lord Lansdowne returned to Ottaws
from a three weeks visit at Toronto.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
WASHINGTON. GOSSIP,

On the 25th, at Washington, D. c.,
the marriage Of Richard Nixon, correspond.
emit of the New Orleans Times-D Democrat, to
Miss Agnes, daughter Of Senator Dolph OF
Oregon took place at the church OF the
Epiphany. The affair was probably the
most magnificent ever given outside the
regular society season. Ex-C ongressman
Strait and Senator Daniels Of Minnesota
were among the prominent people present.
Under the escort of Congressman Nc
Donald, Gov. McGin Of Minnesota, and
party made a pleasant call upon President
C!eyeland Wednesday,. The Governor cor
9ia4y invited the President to pay q visit to
st. Paul during the State Fair and slight as.
surance was given that he might do SO.
H: j. Ramsdell, one of the most
brilliant newspaper workers Of Washington.
a biographer of MIR. Blaine, and one of the
latters intimate friends, died at Washing
ton on the 25th.
President Cleveland and Mrs. Ceye-
land left Washington Thursday, for Lake
Savanac in the Adirondocks, to be absent a
couple OF weeks, for rest and fishing.
Secretary Fairchild has issued a cir
cular to customs officers directing that no
duties shall be exacted on articles destined
for the Minneapolis exposition.
The commissioner of agriculture has
clared a rigid quarantine against Cook
county, ILL.,, and several counties il Mary
land and New York.
At the national drill on Thursday,
q Tn1ado Ohio coropanv ,wor TIN h;rhoc+
honors Of the day in competition with five
other companies.
The Bangor Commercial says Pres
ident Cleveland will attend the Maine state
fair in August. H.
Secretary Lamar is being talked of
for the Supreme court. a."
June 2 will be the anniversary of the
Presidents marriage. ~~,~-..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
Where Are You Going?

If you have pain in the back, pale and
sallow complexion, bilious or sick headache,
eruptions on the skin, coated tongue,
sluggish circulation, or a hacking cough,
you are going into your grave if you do
wise you will do this by the use Of DR..
Pierce's sGolden Medical Discovery CON-
pounded of the most eficacious ingredients
known to medical science for giving health
and strength to the system through the me-
dunn of the liver and the blood.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

AN. antique gold collar, ornamenting
a statue of the Virgin in the Church of
M~ontarlot, near Fontainebleau,, was
stolen a few days5ago. 1t was offered
for sale the next dayto a curiosity deal
er in Paris, Boulevard Beaumarchais,
who detained it and gave information
to the police, the statement Of the seller
a. to how he came in possession of it
notbeing satisfactory. This ma prov
ed to have been the beadle of the church
named Adents. On learning that the
gendarnes were on their way to arrest
him he hanged himself.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

CAPT. LEGARE j. WALKER, Deputy
Collector of the port of Charleston, S.
c., who was wounded at Appomattox,
has just had the ball removed. It was
so firmly imbedded that it required
considerable force to remove it. I
was found to be split from its apex al
most down to its base, and in the split
is a portion of Capt Walkers hipbone
as firmly fixed as the filing Of a tooth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

The Duke of Rutland will not allow
gas anywhere in Belvoir Castle, his
ancestral seat. Lamps are used all
over the immense building, and a
servant who has spent fifty years in the
ducal service occupies his whole time in
filling the bowls and trimming the
Wicks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

CROWN PRINCE RUDOLF of Austria,
during three days at Berczencze recent
ly, shot with his own gun forty-seven
head Of roebucks, a feat unprecedented
in the annals of European sport.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

1921 n=-E&& 8# 4L&E435n TE=E x E&4eSs = {
A BOSTON sea, captain, SO says Hub.
gossip, visited Hawaii in 1920. He an
chored his ship off Honolulu and had
his masts and spars well vanished in
honor Of a royal visit which was ex-
pected. The King and Queen of the
Sandwich Islands swan out to the ship
in costumes scantier than seemed con
sistent with their high position. When
they reached the vessel they showed
their agility by climbing to the spars
and perching thereon. Varnish, how
ever, is no respecter of person, and the
ROYAL pair had difficulty in leaving their
lofty seats
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
IN THE EAST,

Friday night, 9th, as the fast line
west on the Pennsylvania R. r., vas near
Kittening Point, the wheel Of a freight
train burst, and the car crashed into two
passenger coaches with terrible effect,
killing instantly four men and injuring
nine others. The killed were Dial Graham,
son of ex-Speaker Graham, Allegheny, Pa. !;
j. II. Srauffer OF Lewisville, Ohio; Wymer
Snyder, q Onelegged man of ShaOmkin,
Pa; John Doris, q newsboy of East
Liberty, Pa; Frank McCue of New York
city, Charles BeidelmanA Of Brimfield, Noble
county, Ind.-@No passengers occupying
sleeping or parlor cars were injured. The
accident was an unavoidable one, and the
worst that has happened for years on the
Pennsylvania road. The injured We're
brought. TO Altoona and were made as
/, "A great fire in New York city on the
morning Of the Goth burned the Belt line
street railway stables with 1000 horses, and
a number OF cars, seyenty-fve dwellings,
the homes of poor families and two large
six story tenement blocks, every floor hav-
ing from four to fiv families. 1t is not 10Y
known that there was any loss of life,
though several bremen had to be sent to the
hospital from prostration. The loss is
$l,0O0,lO. <egr > ~ Fl 1871 sS.
Two newspaper reporters OF Phila-
lelpnia, Pa, were killed Saturday. They
had been out to report q picnic at the
State Fair Grounds and running to catch a
train, one tripped on q rail and fell, the
other. failing on b.. companion, INC IN this
position both were run over by the train.
Editor O'Brien passed Sunday ct
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

SECRETARY FAIRoH1LD is 50 overruln
with importunate of1iceseekers that he
is frequently compelled to retreat to
his house in order to3fud time to trans
act the pressing business of his Office.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

The Interstate Commerce bill has
no depressing effect upon the pernicious
enterprise of the Southwestern train
robbers. There is M clause in the act
which should be suspended for this
business-it is the robbers themselves
that should be suspended. 4. ...
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

y. The American minister to China,
Colonel DENLY, writes home complain
ing that his salary is insufficient to
maintain his establishment: 1t looks
as though DENLY would either have to
resign or go to boarding. '''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

OVER $1,000 head of sheep belong
Ing to one firm are being sheared at
Firebaugh's Ferry, Cal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
o T OF THE TIMES.

THERE are over two hundred varie-
ties of violets.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

Duluth, May IS.
WHEAT-
No. I, Hard, Cash ........
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-08-04
MAD STEER.

"A young steer was brought in from the
country tied with rope Tuesday morning.
While on the square it commenced below.
ing and charged full tilt at every person
near by. The steer lifted one man in the
AR and let him fall to the ground. Others
had to dodge behind trees, wagons and tele-
phone poles to keep from meeting with like
tate. 1t being sale day, large crowd gath
cred around the Infatuated animal, but he
would charge the full length of his rope and
the crowd would scatter in all directions
1t was said by some one that the steer had
been bitten by a mad dog and had hydro
pho6ia. The crowd yelled and the steer
got loose and marched up and down the
street and the crowd was polite enough to
get out of his way II was driven out Dali
las street and captured He was only ex-
cited by the crowd, otherwise there was
nothing the matter with the animal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-08-04
TO BE ILLUMINATED.

Major Funston Of the Detwillcr and
Street Company the largest fireworks firm
in the world visited Atlanta yesterday at
the cell of the Piedmont Exposition 1t is
proposed to illuminate Kennesaw Mountain
during President Cleveland visit in superb
style 4 battery Of artillery Vill be PLACED
at the crest Of the mountain. hundred
boufres will be kindled All along its sides
will be stationed the red fire for illumina-
ting from the lowlands to the sky A flight
Of twenty I'VE aund.ed tocke,s viii b. ar.
ranged from the topmost peak The rock.
cts win be thrown simultaneously by quick
match wire The sight will be one Of the
gtaudest ever seen aud Major Funston ha,
received the order iol making it 1Hanto
Constitutions
The grand event will be the means Of
drawing many sight-seers to Marietta.